Real Madrid 0-3 FC Barcelona: result and report
La Liga · Saturday 23 December 2017
Result
Real Madrid 0-3 FC Barcelona
La Liga · Saturday 23 December 2017, 12:00 UTC · half-time 0-0
Real Madrid 0-3 FC Barcelona: match report
Real Madrid lost to FC Barcelona 0-3 in La Liga on Saturday 23 December 2017. The half-time score was 0-0.
Luis Suárez opened the scoring in the 54th minute. Real Madrid did not score. FC Barcelona scored through Luis Suárez (54'), Lionel Messi (64', penalty) and Aleix Vidal (90+3').
Discipline: Real Madrid received 2 yellow cards; FC Barcelona received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Real Madrid were 4th on 31 points from 15 and FC Barcelona 1st on 42 points from 16. Real Madrid went on to finish that season 3rd with 76 points, and FC Barcelona 1st with 93.
Real Madrid lined up in a 4-1-3-2 and FC Barcelona in a 4-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Lionel Messi of FC Barcelona (10.0), ahead of Sergi Roberto (8.3).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Real Madrid wins, 2 draws and 5 for FC Barcelona.
Key events
- 18'Yellow card · Thomas Vermaelen
- 54'Goal · Luis Suárez
- 59'Yellow card · Sergio Ramos
- 64'Penalty goal · Lionel Messi
- 83'Yellow card · Marcelo
- 88'Yellow card · Sergio Busquets
- 90+3'Goal · Aleix Vidal
Head-to-head
Team news
Real Madrid line-up (4-1-3-2)
Keylor Navas, Daniel Carvajal, Sergio Ramos, Raphaël Varane, Marcelo, Toni Kroos, Luka Modrić, Casemiro, Mateo Kovacic, Cristiano Ronaldo, Karim Benzema
FC Barcelona line-up (4-4-2)
Marc ter Stegen, Gerard Piqué, Jordi Alba, Sergi Roberto, Thomas Vermaelen, Ivan Rakitić, Sergio Busquets, Andrés Iniesta, Paulinho, Luis Suárez, Lionel Messi